A TikTok vlogger and an Instagram user with 135k followers, @mikaelatesta, recently sparked a travel etiquette debate.
How? By wearing a bikini around the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, only to be told by her Airbnb host that some locals had called to say she should wear something more culturally appropriate.
“So I landed in Cocos yesterday and the lady who owns the Airbnb that we’re staying in received some calls from some locals [saying] that I should be wearing something more culturally appropriate because this island is predominately Muslim,” Mikaela said on TikTok.
Watch Mikaela Testa talk about her stay in the Cocos Islands
“So today I am covering up to show some respect and I respect their wishes 100%.”
The Cocos Islands are located 1,088 km off the coast of Java.